Ballarat Geology https://ballaratgeology.wordpress.com/ballarat-gold-mine/ [email protected] (and on facebook) The Dork Web: Can Free and Open Source Software Support Exploration from A-Z?

Dork /dɔːk/ . noun 1. Someone who has odd interests, and is often silly at times. A dork is also someone who can be themselves and not care what anyone thinks. Eg: You are such a dork

● Is it be possible to mirror, mimic or match the software requirements of a field program with freely available programs?.

● Test the premise on a possible vs. practical basis from the ground up https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Dork “Helping unemployed geoscientists maintain their skills and maintain contact with peers through delivering professional development opportunities therefore re- mains one of AIG’s highest priorities.”

https://www.aig.org.au/blog/tag/unemployment There is always someone worse off than you.

“International Licence Software” Skills 'hoarding'

FLOSS provides an opportunity to train, in any personal circumstance. http://www.mch.cl/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2018/03/2018-World-Exploration-Trends-Report-2018-SP-Global-Market-Intelligence.pdf What is FLOSS?

● Free, Libre, Open Source Software

● Netscape Communicator is the 'pseudo-formal' start of Open Source in 1998.

● GPL and BSD licencing.  The GNU General Public License (GNU GPL or GPL) is a widely used license, which guarantees end users the freedom to run, study, share and modify the software.  BSD licenses are a family of permissive free software li- censes, imposing minimal restrictions on the use and redis- tribution of covered software.

What are the Advantages?

● Adaptable and editable

● Legally transferable

● Free to use

● SME authors

● On reaching 'critical mass' the support and community is exception- al.

● Non-proprietary structures and formats

● Systemic through the web and Social Media

● Price point.

● Niche applications

What are the Disadvantages?

● Niche applications

● Some steep learning curves.

● Interoperability can be difficult

● User experience can be poor (command line or language driven)

● Sprayed all over the internet.

● Skewed towards academic applications.

● High potential applications absorbed by commercial applications

● Effort:Thrill can be high ● You don't need to know how something is built to use it. And ● 'Open' Licencing means that code Some key areas – QAQC as an can be adapted to other applica- example – don't get much traction tions.

● … which means, for example, biomedical scanning software can be easily re-purposed for seismic process- ing, etc...

● Good ideas that run out of battreries can be revived direct from the open source code.

The Open Exploration Office.

● Communication and presence

● Backend

● Staff and Management

● Research and Review

● Planning and Reconnaissance

● Geophysics

● Field Programs

● Interpretation and Modeling

● Evaluation

● Review and reporting

Sykes, CET Communication and Presence

● Wordpress Website

● Firefox, Chrome, etc Browsers

● Gmail,Thunderbird,Zimbra Email

● Skype, etc Video Chatting

● Whatsapp, Viber, etc Text and calls

● Dropbox File transfer

● Virtual GL Server side processing

● RARzip Compression software

Backend.

● Ubuntu / Puppy OS

● FreeNAS Data Server software

● DirSyncPro Incremental synchronisation software

● Immunet Anti-virus software

● Apache Web server

● GeoServer Geospatial data server

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● Mysql/PHP Database and data query

● Sqlite Geodatabase

● Gdal Geodatabase

● OpenOffice Database Relational database

● Xplordb Relational ddb (QGIS and ODBC) Staff and Management. ● GNUcash Small business management

● Xtuple Enterprise Resource Planning and eCommerce

● OrangeHRM HR management

● OpenPetra Office Administration Software (non-profit)

● Bonita Customer and employee personalised interface.

● NIOSH OHS - National Inst. OHS

● Life360 Safety

Orange HRM site Project Management

● ProjectLibre, GanttProject Project Management

● Simple Risk Risk Management

● Project Forge Cross device management

Gannt Project ProjectForge Research and Review

● Plos, OS Journals

● Google scholar

● Directory of Open Access Journals – https://doaj.org/

● Endless Data Repositories (WMS, OpenData, Gov repositories)

● QGIS

● SAGA

● GRASS

● Trove

● FreeOCR

QGIS3 Closer look at QGIS

Closer look at QGIS

Reconnaissance

● GPSbabel GPS conversion software

● Qfield Field Capture / mapping syncs to QGIS

● Google/Bing Basemaps

● Earthpoint UTM grid on google

● Vsfm, meshlab Drone/photo processing

● data.vic.gov.au Base data (eg)

● Survex Old workings

● FreeCAD DXF pickup

● QGIS Compilation Geochemistry

● QGIS High capability geochem (2D) ● Geoda geostats review and comparison

Geoda Geophysics and Spectral ● SAGA 2D/2.5D ● Geoscience Analyst, ParaViewGeo 3D ● Oasis Montaj Reader ● IgeoS Inversion ● Spectral Python / Spectragryph Hyperspectral ● ILWIS Spectral Band Maths

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Spectral Maths SAGA Geophysics and Spectral

IgeoS 3D IgeoS 2D Field Data Capture - xplordb

Coreview

● Coreview is a simple, editable QA entry (with libraries and validation).

Xplore Interpretation and Modeling

● OpenGeoStat drillhole DDB templates ● Geoscience Analyst 3D visualisation ● Geoblock 3D visualisation... maybe ● MeshLab 3D digitising

Geoscience Analyst Geoblock

Geoscience Analyst Geoblock

Geostatistics and Structure

● R (Geo) Statistics Georient ● RStudio, Bert Interface software between R and Excel ● GeoMS2 Geostatistics ● SgeMS Spatial statistics with GUI ● Georient, Openstereo Stereonets ● Alpha/beta structure TBD

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GeoMS2 SgeMS Economics

● Economic Evaluation – free spreadsheets for project economics

● RSC Industry Intelligence

● http://economicevaluation.com.au/worked-examples-in-excel Reporting

● OpenOffice, LibreOffice Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Access ● Inkscape Vector Graphics ● GIMP Raster Graphics ● CutePDF, Open Office PDF writer

Inkscape GIMP Bringing the bits together

● Commanality of purpose/economy of scale. ● OSGEO4W Binary Distribution (easy install) ● MapServer API and map delivery ● FOSS4G 2018 User conference

Enterprise Spin-offs ● VMINE Modeling software (Datamine) ● Georeka Consolidated 'modules' at cost

● RecMIN Modeling software Lost Opportunity

● Interdex Drilling, interp, modeling and QC software ● XODB Geodatabase - interoperability and QAQC ● HPGL High Performance Geostatistical Laboratory

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● Some high-potential software and products are no longer available – absorbed into closed source packages?

Using a target as the software icon might have been prophetic for Inter- dex Stuff to watch ● GAIA3D's Geospatial Mago3D project ● Lutre Consulting 3D for QGIS. (not 2.5D) ● OSGEO4W integrating software and databases ● QGIS

Mago 3d - http://www.mago3d.com/homepage/demo.do Result?

● Could Free and Open Source software mirror a field program?

● Big ticket shortfalls:  Digitising 3D shapes in real world coordinates.  Transforming shapes.  File inter-operability (DXFs, shapefiles, klm, csv, dae)  Handling Incremental datasets in databases.  IT suck.

More Stuff Free and Open Source software in geology

● Softonic https://en.softonic.com/

● Stack Exchange https://stackexchange.com/

● GitHub https://github.com/

● SourceForge http://sourceforge.net/

● Software Informer http://software.informer.com/

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● OsgeoW4 https://trac.OSGeo.org/osgeo4w/

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● Babelflysch https://babelflysch.wordpress.com/

● Alternativeto https://alternativeto.net/

● Volcan01010 http://all-geo.org/volcan01010/2011/11/all-the-software-a- geoscientists-needs-for-free/

● GeologyDegrees http://geologydegree.org/mining-mineral-exploration/

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